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Gay Nigerian Activist Davis Mac-Iyalla Freed by UK

The gay Nigerian Christian lay preacher Davis Mac-Iyalla has been freed by the UK Home Office, Peter Tatchell reports. Earlier this afternoon, London-based gay human rights group Outrage! reported that Mr. Mac-Iyalla, who is seeking refuge in UK had been arrested and incarcerated at the Oakington asylum detention centre in Cambridgeshire.<a target="_blank" href="http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2008/07/gay-nigerian-davis-mac-iyalla-freed.html">MORE</a>

Uganda Primate says Barack Obama is 'unAfrican'

Jerusalem: US Presidential hopeful Barak Obama is un-African, the primate of Uganda said, and advocates moral positions at odds with the religious and cultural values of the continent.Speaking in response to statements made by the candidate's wife last week that posited a moral equivalency between the push for gay marriage and the civil rights movement, Archbishop Henry Orombi said: "It is distressing that Barack Obama, a fellow African, would promote racial civil rights as morally equivalent to immoral civil behaviour."

On the Road: Young Gay Activists

Lauren Topliffe, a junior at Oklahoma Baptist University, loves the school "for so many things--academically, spiritually, it's been great for me." But, as a lesbian, she's felt at constant risk--of harassment by other students and of violating school policy, which forbids engaging in or promoting homosexual behavior. (It also forbids heterosexual sex outside marriage.) Topliffe, 21, out to family and friends since she was 17, believes her sexual orientation is "pretty well known" on the 1,649-student campus. But she's never done anything that might risk disciplinary action by the school, which could include mandatory counseling or expulsion. Until now. "It's time for me to do this," Topliffe told NEWSWEEK last week. Her decision to out herself on campus was inspired by the Soulforce Equality Riders, a busload of gay, mostly Christian activists who are barnstorming the country, trying to get a dialogue going at religious and military schools that believe gay behavior is wrong. Topliffe's is the kind of reaction Jake Reitan, 24, one of the ride organizers, was hoping for. "We're going to make this conversation happen," says Reitan, a Northwestern graduate who will attend the Harvard Divinity School. That's been easier at some places than others. The Equality Riders have been received cautiously but cordially at most stops so far, including OBU (the tour began March 10 and ends April 26). But they were refused admission at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, and 12 riders were arrested there when they ignored the order. "It's a different atmosphere at every school," says Reitan. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/45973" title="www.newsweek.com">On the Road: Young Gay Activists</a> Newsweek -

Gay Men Complacent When it Comes to HIV

Has the LGBT community become complacent when it comes to HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention? In recent years, an unnerving trend has shown its face in the gay community, and a new study from the Center for Disease Control is validating that claim. A study released last week has shown increases in new diagnoses of HIV in the category of "men who have sex with men," or MSM. In the five year span that was looked at (2001-2006), the highest number of new transmissions in the United States occurred in the MSM category. Also important to note is the fact that the category is called "men who have sex with men," and not "gay men" or "bisexual men," pointing to the fact that not all of these new infections were reported by men who identify as being either gay or bisexual. <a target="_blank" href="http://gay-opinion.blogspot.com/2008/07/gay-men-complacent-when-it-comes-to-hiv.html" title="gay-opinion.blogspot.com">more</a>

Spanish National Court judge says gay marriage should not be declared unconstitutional

Speaking at the opening of the European Conference of Gay and Lesbian Police being held in Barcelona, National Court Instruction Judge, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, himself a homosexual, has said that if the gay marriage law is declared unconstitutional by the Constructional Court in the appeal presented to it by the Partido Popular, it would be a step backwards for gay social recognition as people who are against gay marriage would say 'You see how they are not equal'. <a target="_blank" href="http://gaynewsblog.net/2008/07/spanish-national-court-judge-says-gay.html" title="gaynewsblog.net">more </a>

'Austin 12' divided over McCain

Members of the "Austin 12," the group of prominent gay Republicans who famously met with George W. Bush in 2000, are not exactly rallying around John McCain. In fact.me say they will vote Democrat this November. <a target="_blank" href="http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2008/07/austin-12-divided-over-mccain.html">more </a>

Police explore motives in shooting death of transgendered prostitute

Memphis Police say 20-year-old Rodney Whitaker may have been murdered because of his sexuality, but caution they are exploring every possible motive. <a target="_blank" href="http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2008/07/police-explore-motives-in-shooting.html">more </a>

Gay pride events draw travelers to other cities

"Sometimes I think Atlanta is the norm," says Gabriel, co-owner of Charis Books and More. "I've had out-of-town visitors tell me they don't have Pride events." he East Atlanta bookstore will have a float in Sunday's Atlanta Pride Parade. "I just feel very lucky that here I can be who I am and what I am and I don't have to worry about it. I forget there are places where people are really scared and not accepted for who they are," Gabriel adds. In addition to Atlanta, several cities celebrate Gay Pride year round. Philip Rafshoon, who owns Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Midtown, recommends New York City's Pride celebrations. He attended the event last weekend. <a>more </a>

July 4, 2008 Independence Day

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy. This is the byline of a popular movie which shares its' name with this holiday. Sadly, it could also be an American Indian statement. Uttered upon the invasion of their land.

New York Bashing Lands Gay Man in Emergency Room

A gay man returning home on the subway early Saturday evening, June 28, with his partner after a church LGBT pride picnic was harassed and beaten by a heterosexual couple after the gay men boarded at Christopher Street. On a crowded, Brooklyn-bound Seventh Avenue train making local stops, the male assailant, seeing that the victim was carrying a copy of Gay City News, said, "You people make me sick, you're disgusting," and began to pummel his face, breaking his glasses, and causing an injury below his eye that required seven stitches. The victim, who asked that his name not be published out of fear of reprisal, said the woman also clawed him with her nails.

Did LDS Church violate tax exempt status with stand on gay marriage?

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Is the LDS Church violating its tax exempt status by supporting the anti-gay marriage amendment in California? That's the question being asked by one of California's most prominent gay leaders. Kate Kendell is the executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco. The group was the lead counsel in the case before the California Supreme Court, the one which lead to legal gay marriage there.

Wisconsin: Illegal to marry.

MADISON, Wis., July 3 (UPI) -- Gay couples in Wisconsin have been warned that they could face jail time and fines if they marry outside the state. Under a little-known state law, Wisconsin residents can be prosecuted if they enter a marriage outside the state that would be illegal in Wisconsin, with penalties that include a $1,000 fine and up to nine months in prison. In 2006, voters approved a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman.

Man gives birth to baby Girl

Thomas Beatie, the transgender man who made headlines as the so-called "pregnant man," gave birth Sunday to a healthy baby girl, ABC News has learned.

Connecticut school ordered to pay gay student

Watertown - A former hockey player at Watertown High School who had filed a harassment lawsuit accusing teammates of hazing him and using homosexual slurs has settled the case. Jonathan Jablonowski is to receive $30,000 from the school board. While he was a member of the team from 2001 to 2004, he said he was subjected to locker room harassment including mooning, foul speech and swearing.

Lesbian Partner Sues Hospital.... a story that should make a good person cry

The Iggy <a href="http://www.topix.com/forum/news/gay/TCQB792FI1QUAE77M/post2">said</a> in the <a href="http://www.topix.com/forum/news/gay">Gay/Lesbian Forum</a>: <blockquote>That is so fucked up! I tell you as a straight woman that is WRONG! WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG! To all of you that do not agree with this lifestyle fine, don't live it, but what this hospital did to this loving family was WRONG! SHE HAD THE POWER OF ATTORNEY they PURPOSELY tried to hurt them because they were a same sex couple. THIS is THE BIGGEST reason that same sex marriage should be legal. THERE IS NO EXCUSE! I hope the hospital has to go bankrupt over this, they deserve it! I am seeing red over this BULLSHIT!</blockquote>

Rosie O'Donnell: No truth to report she's breaking-up with Kelli

Funnygal Rosie O'Donnell laughed off published reports that she and partner Kelli Carpenter are on the outs. The pair, who have been together since 1997, have four children: Parker, 13; Chelsea, 11; Blake, 8; and Vivienne, 5...

Gay-Marriage Opponents To Boycott McDonald's, "Hatred has no place in our culture," McDs replies

This July 4th, it is time to order a Big Mac and a Happy Meal for the Kids with PRIDE!!! A group that opposes same-sex marriage has called for a boycott of McDonald's, saying the fast-food giant has refused "to stay neutral in the cultural war over homosexuality." The American Family Association (AFA) launched the boycott yesterday because McDonald's joined the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce several months ago and placed an executive on the group's board of directors, in addition to donating to the chamber. The association asked McDonald's to remove itself from the chamber but the burger-maker declined, leading to the boycott. "We're saying that there are people who support AFA who don't appreciate their dollars from the hamburgers they bought being put into an organization that's going to fight against the values they believe in," Tim Wildmon, the association's president, said yesterday. "Hatred has no place in our culture," McDonald's USA spokesman Bill Whitman said. "That includes McDonald's, and we stand by and support our people to live and work in a society free of discrimination and harassment." Doesn't that make you want to go to Mickey D's today? <a target="_blank" href="http://gaynewsblog.net/2008/07/gay-marriage-opponents-to-boycott.html" title="gaynewsblog.net">More of this story.</a>

That's Some Economic Stimulus Package: Nation Uses It To Buy Porn

An independent market-research firm, AIMRCo (Adult Internet Market Research Company), has discovered that many websites focused on adult or erotic material have experienced an upswing in sales in the recent weeks since checks have appeared in millions of Americans' mailboxes across the country. <a target="_blank" href="http://gaynewsblog.net/2008/07/nation-buys-porn-with-stimulus-package.html" title="gaynewsblog.net">more </a>

Read the book that took the "pro-gay content" out of the Governor's School of North Carolina!

Read the book that took the "pro-gay content" out of the Governor's School of North Carolina ! Background <a target="_blank" href="http://lgbtyouthnews.blogspot.com/2008/07/nc-governors-school-under-pressure-from.html" title="lgbtyouthnews.blogspot.com">here </a>and <a target="_blank" href="http://lgbtyouthnews.blogspot.com/2008/07/from-2006-background-on-governors.html" title="lgbtyouthnews.blogspot.com">here </a>. More on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/07/read-book-that-took-pro-gay-content-out.html" title="www.gaybookblog.net">The New Gay Teenager (Adolescent Lives</a>) by Ritch C. Savin-Williams

From 2006: background on the Governor's School of North Carolina

RALEIGH - Parents of a student who attended a taxpayer-funded summer educational institute are upset that the program included, without their prior knowledge, a seminar that promoted homosexuality. Jim and Beverly Burrows say their son returned home from last year's Governor's School "confused" about homosexuality as a result of the seminar, and that they have had to seek family counseling. "We feel that this was totally inappropriate for the students who were 15, 16, and 17 years old," the Burrowses wrote to officials at the State Departament of Public Instruction. "We feel that our rights as parents have been violated by this program." <a target="_blank" href="http://lgbtyouthnews.blogspot.com/2008/07/from-2006-background-on-governors.html" title="lgbtyouthnews.blogspot.com">More of this background story. </a>The conflict was sparked by a 2005 optional seminar centered on a book called <a target="_blank" href="http://lgbtyouthnews.blogspot.com/2008/07/read-book-that-took-pro-gay-content-out.html" title="lgbtyouthnews.blogspot.com"> The New Gay Teenager (Adolescent Lives)</a> by Ritch C. Savin-Williams.